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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between InSaen Chai (ranked 1761 p4p, 1924 weight class) and Cam Fleming (ranked 260 p4p, 281 weight class). Fleming has chosen Killa Cam - Cam'Ron as his entrance music. Cam Fleming told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, InSaen Chai!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cam Fleming!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Illya Tyunina and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chai lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
It looks like Cam Fleming has been cut.
Chai lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Chai tries to sprawl but Fleming drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Chai is trying to stand back up but Fleming is controlling him
Fleming lands with a punch from half guard.
Fleming wants to pass the guard but Chai is defending well.
Fleming scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Chai is trying to stand.
Fleming looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Fleming scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Fleming is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Fleming lands a nice short elbow.
Chai knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Fleming on the ground.
Fleming scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Fleming connects with a nice short shot to Chai's temple.
Fleming seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Fleming with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Chai trying to control but Fleming postures up.
Chai taking some punishment here, with Fleming in his half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chai trying to control here.
Fleming working over Chai with some ground and pound. Chai looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Chai pushes Fleming off looking to stand but Fleming dives back in and keeps control.
Fleming takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Fleming lands a nice short elbow.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Fleming connects with a nice short shot to Chai's temple.
Fleming stops Chai from getting back to his feet.
Chai wants to improve his position but Fleming is controlling well.
Chai is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Fleming scores with a couple of nice shots.
Fleming scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Fleming is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Chai tries to get to full guard but Fleming has control of the leg.
Fleming scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ground and pound from Fleming.
Chai definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Fleming landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Fleming winds up and cracks Chai with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Chai on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Fleming landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fleming working over Chai with some ground and pound. Chai looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Fleming lands a nice short elbow.
Fleming trying to control from half guard but Chai is working away.
Fleming working Chai over with strikes.
Fleming is looking to take a break and control but Chai is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Fleming looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Chai with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Chai on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Chai tries to get out of the position.
Fleming scoring with strikes to the body and head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fleming lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Chai wants to get back to his feet.
Fleming scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Fleming winds up and cracks Chai with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Chai tries to kick Fleming off but Fleming keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Fleming looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Fleming there.
Fleming working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Fleming working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chai is trying to stand back up but Fleming is controlling him
Fleming working Chai over with strikes.
Chai wants to improve his position but Fleming is controlling well.
Fleming is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Chai has managed to free his arm - good work.
Ground and pound from Fleming.
Fleming landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Fleming lands strikes from half guard.
Fleming trying to control from half guard but Chai is working away.
Fleming lands strikes from half guard.
Fleming passes to side control.
Fleming lands a nice forearm strike.
Fleming cracks Chai with a big right hand but Chai just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Chai is working to avoid the ground and pound but Fleming connects with a decent elbow.
You can see the frustration on Chai's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Fleming is working Chai over with some ground and pound from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fleming working the ground and pound.
Fleming looks up at the clock and then as Chai takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Fleming smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Fleming connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Chai some visible discomfort.
You can see the frustration on Chai's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Check out the look on Fleming's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chai is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Fleming is controlling him well.
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Chai is looking to reverse the position.
Chai is working hard here to advance position.
Fleming grinds an elbow into Chai's temple.
Fleming working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Fleming creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Fleming landing a few strikes.
Fleming scores with a couple of short elbows.
Chai is trying to control Fleming's posture but Fleming avoids it.
Chai is looking for a sweep.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Cam Fleming dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cam Fleming's cut.
That's time! Chai's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Chai misses with a wild combination.
Fleming with a lazy takedown attempt
and Chai counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice takedown defense from Chai. No joy for Fleming on that attempt.
Chai ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Fleming shoots and misses
and Chai counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That has opened up Cam Fleming's cut even more.
InSaen Chai has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cam Fleming.
Fleming dives in and grabs Chai's left leg, looking for a takedown. Chai pushes down on Fleming's head and hops out.
Fleming has his takedown stuffed
and Chai counters with a nice uppercut.
Cam Fleming seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fleming misses with a takedown
and Chai makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Fleming has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chai slaps away a takedown attempt from Fleming, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Fleming shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Chai's guard.
Chai will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chai manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Fleming manages to get himself to full guard.
Chai being controlled here momentarily.
Chai is looking to stand up but Fleming won't let him.
Fleming bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Chai's guard.
Chai has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Fleming has passed into side control.
Fleming lands some shots froms side control.
Fleming landing a few strikes.
Chai wants to control but Fleming postures up.
Chai taking a bit of punishment here - Fleming scoring with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fleming working the ground and pound.
Fleming working the ground and pound.
Chai takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Chai on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Cam Fleming has got the better of the ground game so far.
Chai is trying to control Fleming's posture but Fleming avoids it.
Fleming in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Fleming scores with punches from side control.
Fleming landing strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fleming landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Chai on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Fleming wants to control but Chai is keeping him busy.
Fleming is putting a hurting on Chai here, landing some big shots from side control.
Chai on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Fleming has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Fleming working away.
Chai takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Fleming lands a few punches from side control.
Fleming prevents Chai from escaping the position.
Fleming is working Chai over with some ground and pound from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chai is looking for a sweep.
Chai takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Chai is trying to get back to his feet.
Fleming lands a few punches from side control.
Chai is looking for a sweep.
Fleming lands an elbow.
Chai is not content to let Fleming control the position.
Chai on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Chai is rocked!
Chai takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Oh Chai is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Check out the look on Fleming's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Fleming working the ground and pound.
Chai takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Fleming lands a strong strike to the head of Chai. That's dazed him! Fleming looking to finish here. Chai is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Fleming lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cam Fleming!
Cam Fleming is the new light heavyweight champion!
In his post fight interview, Cam Fleming started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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hype
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